Definition of pipsissewa

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pip·sis·se·wa

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NOUN:

Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Chimaphila, especially the Eurasian species C. umbellata, having white or pinkish flowers grouped in a terminal corymb. Also called prince's pine.

ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps Eastern Abenaki kpi-pskwáhsawe, woods flower, pipsissewa

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